Communication from Public
Name: Nellie Scott Date Submitted: 05/15/2021 01:23 PM Council File No: 21-0120 Comments for Public Posting: Letter of Support from Boston Women's Heritage
Communication from Public
Name: Nellie Scott Date Submitted: 05/15/2021 01:27 PM Council File No: 21-0120 Comments for Public Posting: Individual letters of support for the historical designation of 5518 Franklin Ave as Sister Mary Corita's former studio. OFFICERS: BOARD MEMBERS: PRESIDENT George Skarpelos Fouzia Burfield Robert Morrison VICE-PRESIDENT Tom Meredith Andrew Chadsey Luis Saldivar TREASURER Sheila Irani Marshall Cobb Coyote Shivers SECRETARY Erin Penner Bianca Cockrell Susan Swan Michael Connolly Jim Van Dusen Brandi D’Amore Matt Wait Maureen Diekmann Tony Zimbardi Margaret Marmolejo
HOLLYWOOD UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Certified Neighborhood Council #52 P.O. Box 3272, Los Angeles, CA 90078 Email:[email protected]
Re: 5518 Franklin: Review of Historic-Cultural Monument Nomination Form application for Sister Mary Corita Studio. The Hollywood United Neighborhood Council’s Board of Directors at their October 12, 2020 regularly scheduled meeting voted to support the Historic-Cultural Monument application for the Sister Mary Corita Studio.
Sincerely yours,
Jim Van Dusen* George Skarpelos* Chair, Planning and Land Use Management Committee President *signed electronically
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Nyla Arslanian 2489 N. Edgemont Street Los Angeles CA 90027 (323)662 8236
October 13, 2020
Cultural Heritage Commission City of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90012 Email: [email protected] Project Site: 5500-5518 Franklin Avenue/1859-1863 Western Avenue CHC-2020-5631-CE
Dear Commissioners,
This letter is in support of your consideration of Sister Mary Corita s Studio as a designated Monument of the City of Los Angeles ’ Known as Corita Kent, the internationally recognized artist is a true product of our city. Born and raised on De Longpre Avenue, she attended church on Sunset Boule-
vard,Throughout and was the a centralturbulent figure decade at Immaculate of the 1960s, Heart Corita College used forthe almost visual languagea decade. of Pop art to raise awareness about social injustices including poverty, racism, wom- en tion with famed artist, educator and social justice advocate Corita Kent. From 1960- 1968,’s rights, Corita and used war.The the building building as ather 5518 studio Franklin and classroom Ave is significant where she for created its associa- some sociatedof her most with recognizable Corita s artistic works, production. hosted creative leaders, and influenced a genera- tion of young artists. It is the only extant property of primary significance in LA as- ’ Sincerely,
Nyla Arslanian Editor, Discover Hollywood Magazine President Emeritus, Hollywood Arts Council cc: Councilman Mitch O'Farrell—Attn: Craig Bullock
st 11620 Wilshire LA | 25 East 21 NYC
CHC-2020-5630-HCM
Dear Cultural Heritage Commission,
The team at Level Forward, a company dedicated to creative excellence in pursuit of equity, economic transformation and incorporating social responsibility at the very beginning of our work, are concerned community members. We are writing about the slated demolition of 5518 Franklin Ave, formerly the studio of famed local artist, educator, and social justice advocate Corita Kent in the 1960s, to provide additional parking spots for the Lazy Acres Market redevelopment project.
Corita Kent is a cultural icon of Los Angeles and during her time in the building, she made some of her most recognizable works, hosted notable creative leaders, and influenced a generation of young artists through her art and teaching. Corita was a nun who taught and led the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College that was located across the street. Demolition of this building without proper consideration of its historical significance would be a grave misstep and could lead to the irreversible loss of priceless cultural heritage for Hollywood and broader Los Angeles.
We want plans for development that align with our values - destroying a location of such artistic and cultural significance to accommodate additional parking does not. We urge you not to approve this project until the building has been properly considered by the Office of Historic Resources and the Cultural Heritage Commission.
Thank you,
______Abigail E. Disney Adrienne Becker Chair of the Board Chief Executive Officer
REBEL HEARTS
To: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Re: case number CHC-2020-5630-HCM
11 December 2020
To the Cultural Heritage Commission, Council Member O’Farrell’s Office, and City Planners,
What is the value of something unremarkable?
What is the value of something that does not draw attention to itself, yet is imbued with significance and meaning if you dig just a little beneath the surface, and look at it differently? This is exactly the question Corita Kent asked when she made her art. She transformed the ordinary -- the banal -- into something that engaged peoples’ imaginations and urged us to see, think, feel and act more deeply.
And this is the question we urge you to ask when considering the value of an unremarkable rectangular building.
From within the four walls of the storefront on Franklin Avenue, Corita led legions of students and culture-makers to make unlikely connections. Her work was colorful, provocative and inspiring. She was as central to Los Angeles’ cultural life as were the Eames’, Buckminster Fuller, Saul Bass, Haskell Wexler, John Cage, and countless other distinguished visitors enchanted by her work and teaching methods.
And standing behind Corita -- supporting her art -- was a community of women whose story is critical to the history of Los Angeles. The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were teachers who educated tens of thousands of students across Los Angeles and California. They insisted on the value of an education. And not just for their own sisters, who taught in parochial schools in underserved communities under extremely difficult conditions while also getting themselves college and higher degrees on nights and weekends. But also for the young women of Los Angeles at their own Immaculate Heart College, high school and middle school.
We are a team of award-winning documentary filmmakers based in Los Angeles who have, for the past 20 years, been documenting the rich and important history of the Immaculate Heart Community and Corita Kent. The film, Rebel Hearts , will be released in January 2021 with a very high profile World Premiere in the Los Angeles area. When audiences across the globe learn the story of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Corita, there will be a new generation of inspired, curious fans engaged with her art. We urge you to see this request to preserve the studio as an opportunity to engage people far and wide with an important piece of the cultural history of Los Angeles.
Please do not pave paradise and put up a parking lot. The building may be unremarkable, but what happened within its walls is something extraordinary, to be cherished and preserved. When we emerge from these unprecedented and difficult times, we will need places -- small places, intimate places -- to gather and appreciate art, to make and celebrate culture together. We urge you to preserve Corita’s studio so that all those who come to know her story will have a place to visit, learn, make and to fall in love with Los Angeles for the artists it has built, and continues to help build.
With respect and gratitude for your consideration,
Pedro Kos, Director, [email protected] Kira Carstensen, Producer, [email protected] Shawnee Isaac-Smith, Producer, [email protected] Judy Korin, Producer, [email protected] Ethan Goldman, Executive Producer, [email protected]
Cultural Heritage Commission City of Los Angeles Via Email chc@cityofla.org
December 14, 2020
Re: CHC-2020-5630-HCM Dear Commissioners: I write to you today in support of the Corita Art Center’s Historic-Cultural Monument applicaJon for the Sister Mary Corita Studio. I am a licensed architect, with 25 years of experience in historic architecture and campus planning. I currently serve as Assistant Vice Chancellor and Campus Architect at UC Berkeley. While I am currently based in northern California, my associaJon with Los Angeles is both personal and professional. I received my undergraduate degree from UCLA and in 2003 opened Architectural Resources Group’s southern California office, as the Senior Associate represenJng the firm. My preservaJon experience is broadly based and geographically diverse. Prior posiJons include University Architect at Tulane University in New Orleans and Campus PreservaJon Architect at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. in 2017 I completed five years of service on the AIA NaJonal Historic Resources Advisory Group. I have a keen professional interest in historic properJes associated with colleges and universiJes, parJcularly those that represent the unique histories of women in higher educaJon. Corita Kent’s significance as an arJst, and as an art educator at Immaculate Heart College, is well established in the historic-cultural monument nominaJon. The direct associaJon of this property with her producJve life, as her working and teaching studio, is clearly documented. I have read the staff report in response to this applicaJon and disagree with the conclusion that alteraJons to the studio are “not easily reversible.” Visible exterior alteraJons appear to be largely reversible and a rehabilitaJon or restoraJon treatment, based on historical evidence, is technically feasible. Despite alteraJons, Corita’s studio at 5518 Franklin Avenue is worthy of designaJon and preservaJon. Sincerely,
Wendy Hillis, AIA Immaculate Heart Community
Date 12-15-2020 OUR BOARD CHC -2020-5639-HCM Chair Ray Mattes Dear Cultural Heritage Commission, Vice Chair The members of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC) have asked me to write Stephanie Glatt you in support of the application submitted by the Corita Art Center. We ask you, Secretary as members of the Cultural Heritage Commission, to recommend the historical Sherry Purcell designation of 5118 Franklin Avenue as a Historic-Cultural Monument for the Treasurer City of Los Angeles. We ask that this building receive historic designation, Mary Kirchen preservation, and further public acknowledgement as the former working studio of internationally recognized artist, educator and social justice Julie Friese advocate, Corita Kent known as Sister Mary Corita in our Community. Marya Barr Since 1906, the IHC has been a caregiver to the corner of Western & Franklin in Jean Scott Hollywood, home to our Motherhouse and Immaculate Heart High School which, Mary Fay-Zenk for over a century have been devoted to the education and leadership development of young women. Through the decades our commitment has never wavered, even in the face of great adversity. Created in 1997, the Corita Art Center is an on- Ex Officio IHM President going program of the Immaculate Heart Community. Karol Schulkin Although Corita lived in Boston for the years leading up to her untimely death, it IHM Vice-President was her decision to entrust our Community, and therefore Los Angeles, with the Nan Cano privilege to be thoughtful stewards of her talents. We quickly recognized she left us more than just art. It was a mission in message, and our responsibility as Acting Exec Director Kathleen Buczko faithful stewards to share it’s message of hope, joy and peaceful possibilities with future generations.
As Immaculate Community members and alumni, 5118 Franklin Avenue holds a particular value as it served as the printing studio for the notable Immaculate Heart College Art Department of which Corita was Head from 1964 – 68. It was in this studio that Corita created many important artworks that catapulted her message of hope, love and justice to national attention. The Immaculate Heart College campus up the hill, was the heartbeat of Hollywood, where within its walls it hosted luminaries, thought-leaders from all walks of life and literally redefined higher education.
OUR WORKS While time has passed from when it served as a printmaking studio, the defining Casa Esperanza characteristics of the space remain the same in our eyes. Walking along Franklin, Center for Spiritual Renewal it is as clear as can be, that this small building of no particular distinction, helped & La Casa de Maria to change the world through colorful joy. It is easily identifiable all these years Corita Art Center later as the same building, and while the entrance has been moved, we are certain IHM Community Corita could find the door and with great energy walk right in as she did for so IHM Residence many years.
In this unprecedented year, we urge the Cultural Heritage Commission to acknowledge 5515 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028 323-466-2157 www.immaculateheartcommunity.org
Communication from Public
Name: Nellie Scott Date Submitted: 05/15/2021 01:28 PM Council File No: 21-0120 Comments for Public Posting: Open letter of support, signed by many individuals and community leaders for the historical designation of Sister Mary Corita's studio (5518 Franklin Avenue) Preserve, designate, and save Corita’s former studio, 5518 Franklin Avenue CHC-2020-5630-HCM
Dear Cultural Heritage Commission,
We urge that the planned demolition of 5518 Franklin Avenue be stopped immediately. We ask that this building receive historic designation, preservation, and further acknowledgement as the former working studio of artist, educator, and social justice advocate, Corita Kent.
In an unprecedented year of social injustice and unrest, we implore that the Cultural Heritage Commission acknowledge Corita’s contributions to the social and cultural fabric of Los Angeles. As it currently stands, Corita’s former studio blends quietly into the daily activities of the surrounding Hollywood landscape. Yet, this unassuming building is inextricably tied to a profound and productive period in Corita’s life and a singular moment in Los Angeles history. During the socially and politically tumultuous decade of the sixties, Corita was teaching, lecturing, and creating some of her most celebrated work. Corita challenged her students to use their own talents for the greater good, often using art as a form of expression to advocate for social justice. This history continues to inspire and reflect the values of the creative and cultural community of Los Angeles. It is paramount that this building not be destroyed for more parking spaces, but remembered for generations to come.
The historic designation of Corita’s studio offers a rare opportunity for the City of Los Angeles to preserve the vital history and legacy of a woman who shattered stereotypes as a “Pop-art nun” and “joyous revolutionary.” We believe that such designation should not only be contingent on the architecture of a building alone but also the meaningful and inspiring activities that took place there. Corita Kent is a globally beloved artist and educator, and the art and pedagogy she cultivated within her studio taught a generation to lead with love.
We urge that 5518 Franklin Avenue receive historical designation as a Historic Cultural Monument for its cultural contributions to Los Angeles.
The below sign their name in opposition of the demolition of 5518 Franklin Avenue, Corita's former studio.
Haven Lin-Kirk Dean, USC Gayle Garner Roski School of Art and Design
Barbara Loste President, Graphic Arts Council; Portland Art Museum; Former Corita student
Ashleigh Axios President, National AIGA, the professional association for design Senior Program Manager, Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program, National Trust Valerie Balint for Historic Preservation Director, James Fitzgerald Legacy, Rockwell Kent—James Fitzgerald Historic Artists' Robert Stahl Home and Studio, Monhegan, Maine
Chris Morris National Trust for Historic Preservation
Seth Johnson Design Program Director, IBM
Amy Poehler's Smart Girls Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
Rory Kennedy Documentary Filmmaker
Julie Ault Artist, Curator
Debra LERE Executive Director, Sam Francis Foundation
Helen Harrison Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
Christopher Kohan President / The Victor D'Amico Institute of Art / The Art Barge
Sheharazad Fleming Creative Director of Otis College of Art and Design
Adrian Scott Fine Director of Advocacy, Los Angeles Conservancy
James Rawitsch Executive Director, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts
Margie Maynard Deputy Director, Exhibitions & Engagement, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Director of Development, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA, the professional Heather Strelecki association for design) Creative Director, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and AIGA, the professional association for Christine Taylor design
Lisa Congdon CEO, Lisa Congdon Art & Illustration
Rob Saunders Founder, Letterform Archive
Stephen Coles Associate Editor & Curator, Letterform Archive
Emily Zilber Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Wharton Esherick Museum
Kathleen Foster Senior Curator of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Amanda Tobin Associate Director of Education, MASS MoCA
Cait Molloy Director, The David Ireland House / The 500 Capp Street Foundation
Laura Esparza City of Austin Museums and Cultural Programs
Stephanie Soldner Soldner Center for the Arts and Innovation
Patricia Morton Second Vice President, Society of Architectural Historians
Cole Akers Curator, The Glass House
Diana Greenwold Curator, Portland Museum of Art
Jaime DeSimone Curator, Portland Museum of Art
Karen Kaiser Curator of Education, Jundt Art Museum (Gonzaga Universtiy) Carmen Hermo Assistant Curator, Brooklyn Museum
Nancy Lim Assistant Curator, SFMOMA
Andrea Rosen Curator, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont
Susie Kantor Associate Curator, Manetti Shrem Museum
Meredith Van Dyke SFMOMA
Ethan Goldman President + Partner, Anchor Entertainment Director, Hollywood Art Center Archive; Research Archivist, UCSB Art, Design and Elizabeth Lovins Architecture Museum
Victoria Munro Executive Director, Alice Austen House
K. Marshall Executive Director, The Mother Jones Center for Resilient Communities
Michael Duncan Corresponding Editor, Art in America
Sarah Archer Conributing Editor, American Craft Magazine
Sarah Cascone Senior Writer, Artnet News
Meredith Adams Senior Design Researcher, IDEO
Cynthia Hirschhorn Founder, Civicas, WOMEN'S CIVIC ACTION NETWORK
Kinney Frelinghuysen Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio
Mell Scalzi Florence Griswold Museum
Richard Berliner Principal Architect (Berliner Architects) and Corita fan
Bob Knight Architect, Drisko Studio Architects
Alexa Hagen Archivist, Herman Miller, Inc.
Alan Simon Hollywood Heritage
Erin Murphy Kunstakademiet i Trondheim
Nancy Stephens Board Member, American for the Arts
Michael Lobel Professor of Art History, Hunter College, CUNY
Rebecca Zurier Associate Professor, History of Art, University of Michigan patricia Caserio Advertising Art Director and Educator/Graduate of University of Michigan School of Art
Frances Pohl Professor of Art History, emerita, Pomona College
Christina Webb Aiga LA; Senior Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design
James HOUSEFIELD Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, Dept of Design; Art & Art History
Michael Kuczynski Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Tulane University
Jennifer Robertson Professor Emerita, Anthropology & History of Art, University of Michigan
Tatiana Reinoza Assistant Professor, Art History, University of Notre Dame
Kristina Wilson Professor, Art History, Clark University abby goldstein Professor, Graphic Art, Fordham university
Elizabeth Buchta Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Missouri St. Louis Eva Payne Assistant Professor of US History, University of Mississippi
Janice Simon Professor of Art History, University of Georgia
Louise Siddons Assistant Professor, Art History, Oklahoma State University
Raphael Koenig Associate Scholar, Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Lisa Lapinski Assistant Professor, Sculpture, Rice University
Michael Pinto Principal, NAC Architecture; professor, Woodbury University
Chelsea Lonsdale Professor, Henry Ford College in Dearborn, MI
Erika Schneider Professor of Art History, Framingham State University
Matthew Reynolds Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Studies, Whitman College
James McManus Professor of Art History, California State University Chico
Clarissa Ceglio Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
William Ma Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
Richard wilson Professor, University of Virginia, Art and Architectural History
Natacha Poggio Graphic Design Professor at the University of Houston-Downtown
David Cabianca Associate Professor, Design, York University
Paul Nini Professor of Design, The Ohio State University Professor of Graphic Design/Visual Communication, California State University Los Jimmy Moss Angeles
Elizabeth Buchta Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Missouri St. Louis
Molly Sherman Assistant Professor, Texas State University
John Blakinger Associate Professor, University of Arkansas
Erina Duganne Associate Professor of Art History, Texas State University
Jennifer Jameson Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Gwen Woirhaye Whittier Conservancy
Gennel Walters American Association of University Women
Maggie Dimock Greenwich Historical Society
Sarah Hahn Architectural historian/ARG, San Francisco
Marieke Stolk Experimental Jetset
Jack Illes CEO, Smart City Labs
Lauren Palmor Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Gregory Wittkopp Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan amy lewis Retired, professor at Waseda university
Helen Langa American University Department of Art
Ann-Maree Walker Teaching Artist Evergreen Public Schools Eric Mathias Professor, Otis College Of Art And Design
Emily Everhart Art Academy of Cincinnati
Sharon Werth Artist Director of Chalice Dancers, Adelphi, MD
Sister Rose Pacatte Author
Rachel Allen President, RADAR, Inc.
Hayley Gilmore Ladies Who Design, LLC
Zach Smith Show Creator/ Author - Nick Jr., Nickelodeon Animation
Jonathan Dayton Film Director
Aaron Rose Los Angeles based Film Director
Carsten Becker Advisory Board, AIGA Los Angeles
Josh Freeman AIGA/LA Advisory Board
Anastassia Zukova AIGA Los Angeles
Kris Avilla AIGA Los Angeles
Davina Wolter AIGA LA
Amy Parker AIGA
Adara Koivula AIGA OC
Chelsea Lancaster AIGA OC
Julie Ray AIGA Arizona
Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program of the National Trust for Historic Karen Zukowski Preservation
Christi Moore L A Conservancy
Sherin Guirguis USC Roski School of Art and Design
Jean Lee USC Roski School of Art and Design
Level Forward Level Forward
Chiara Repetto Owner, Kaufmann Repetto Gallery
Francesca Kaufmann Owner, Kaufmann Repetto Gallery
Ray Smith, PhD Former Director of the Corita Art Center; Sundance Institute
Jamie Rosenthal Owner, Found Shop, Los Angeles
Bridget Maley architecture + history, llc
Tahli Kornhauser Design Researcher, Monash University, Australia
Judy Korin Documentary Filmmaker
Ella Jennings Mother Jones Center for Resilient Community
Rebecca Szantyr Brown University
Barbara Gile American Association of University Women, Daughters of American Revolution Dolores Seidman Graduate of Immaculate Heart College
Evie Terrono Randolph-Macon College
Jochen Wierich Aquinas College
Kate Ogden Stockton University, NJ
Hannah Petersen Dolores Mission
Jessica Larson The Graduate Center, CUNY
Joyce C. Polistena Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 11205
EVGENIA CITKOWITZ Author
Michelle Nader TV Producer
Kelly Chivens 22 Year Resident of Los Angeles
Jed Cohan Admirer of her Rainbow Swash work by the harbor in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Simrit Brar AIGA
Caitlin McIntyre Alumna, Immaculate Heart High School
Paula Rao Alumnus of Art Department
Gia Canali Art Advisor
Jennifer Sears Art appreciator and Corita fan. steve housewright art collector
Hannah Blanton Art Gallery owner
Emma Berliner art lover
Mary Haeg Art Lover
Baukje Wierda Art lover
Laurel West Art Lover
Lauren Kaniecki Art Lover
Beth DiGuiseppi Art lover and feminist
Koreen McQuilton Art lover, social justice advocate
Lynn Dougherty Art Student, writer
Amy Gretencort Art Teacher
Alex Forsyth Art teacher
Sandy Nelson artist
Christopher Wright Artist Hernandez Julieta Adame Artist
Laurence de Valmy artist Jo Warren Artist
Megan Lipke artist
Níall McClelland Artist
Tracy Dimond Artist
Therese LaLonde Artist
Joseph Konert Artist
ALAN NAKAGAWA Artist
Kate Marshall Artist
Carrie Moyer Artist
Amanda Blankenship Artist
Christina Shmigel Artist
Kathleen kane-murrell artist and art teacher
Jeff Cain Artist and Design Professor sara daleiden artist and facilitator
Ana-Lisa Siemsen Artist and Former Parent of student at Immaculate Heart MS
James Bockelman artist, educator
John Ringhofer Artist/Musician
Michael Phillips Artist/printmaker
Jason Alejandro Assistant Professor, College of New Jersey
Matthew Burgess Author
Lisa Rogers author and librarian
Kristi Heck Big fan of Sister Corita Kent and her work
Frank Buckley, S.J. Blessed Sacrament Jesuit Parish
Sam Jones CalArts GD Alum
Belén Santillán Campo
Oliver Franklin City of Austin, Museum Site Coord, Elisabet Ney Museum
Elisha Hall Community advocate
Erica Arthur Community member
Karen Hilsberg Community member and Artist, Collector of Corita Art Work
Angela Brooks Concerned Citizen
Barbara Ferris Concerned citizen, IHHS alum
William Macomber Corita Art Center
Emma Carlow Corita Kent admirer
Abigail Paulson Corita Kent is an inspiration for my art.
Catherine Ince Curator with interest in Corita Kent’s work Martje Hiemstra Dutch student in Art History
Stacey Hoff Family
Stanislava Pinchuk Fan
Anne Martine Cook Fan
Kara Devlin Fan of Corita’s art and legacy
Janet Keyte Fan of her Art and Spirit
Alice-Ann Gilbert Fan of the arts and Corita
Eileen Wolter Fan, Community member
Jeffery Plansker Fellow designer
Joan Seamster Former neighbor
Patricia Doyle Cheap former student
John August Swanson Former student of Sister Corita, 1967-1968
Amelia Lang Freelance Photo Researcher, Grant Writer
Margaret Nikitas Friend
Jennifer Cutting Friend
Sophia Allison Girl Scouts
Jocelyn Medawar graduate of Immaculate Heart High School
Dora Drimalas Graphic Design professional
Daniel Godell Graphic Designers United
Seth Ellis Griffith University
Michelle Johnson Have Color Will Travel
Dorothy Edwards Homeless advocate
David Lachance Human
Gail Holliday I sent in via USPS a donation check of $100.00 for the save the studio
Marc Hedges I'm a fan and our family owns a print, "The Greatest Show of Worth"
Claire Bonino-Britsch IH alum 2013 and avid art lover
Susan Duquesnel IHC
Michele M Memmott IHC Alumnae Assoc Board Member
Elizabeth Boyer IHC class of 1968
Elizabeth Lomeli IHC Employee
Mary Alice Toomey IHC student BA 1968 MLS 1969
Michelle Constantine Hibbs IHHS
Stacy Brightman IHHS alum
Kathleen Higashiyama Immaculate Heart alumna
Lily Roth Immaculate Heart Alumni KATHRYN CLARE Immaculate Heart Community
Rod Stephens, IHM Immaculate Heart Community
Lenore Dowling IHM Immaculate Heart Community
Christine Monroe Immaculate Heart Community and former student of Corita Kent
Marie Cantor Immaculate Heart High School
Frances Fitzgerald Immaculate Heart High School alum, Class of ‘76
Holly Gray Immaculate Heart High School Grad Immaculate Heart parent, forever grateful to Corita for inspiring a school based on Elizabeth Goetchius feminism and service to others.
Christina Weyl independent art historian, writer & curator
Lawrence Bowden Independent artist
Erin Maurelli Independent Artist
Tara Tappert Independent Scholar
Emily Grace Jane club
Becky Ebenkamp Journalist, historian, and fan
Beatina Theopold Juniperseed Consulting
Kim Baer KBDA silvia mancini la conservancy, corita art center
Flo Singer LA Resident, Lover of Art and History
Lawrence Azerrad LADdesign
Teri Klass Lausd
David Yates Los Angeleno
Kathleen Thorpe Los Angeles mary sherwood brock Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Pennie Hardwick Lover of art
Sarah Shepherd Lover of the arts
Mamie Riyeff Mamie Riyeff
Emma Kirkham Ms
John Kannenberg Museum of Portable Sound
Jan Kessel My mother was a fan, I am a fan💖💖
Annemarie Pearson New Mexico Tech
Marshall Roemen none
Vill Patrik Pelayo None
Katelynn Jacques None
Barbara Jefferies Not So Square Design
Brendan Baylor Old Dominion University San Soul OS
Elvira Munoz Parent of graduates of Immaculate Heart Middle School and High Schjool
Julia Roberson patron
Paul O'Neil Patron
Graham DiGuiseppi Phd Student, USC
Aly Krajewski Please do not destroy or modify this historically-rife building.
Kate Bingaman-Burt Portland State university and Outlet
Josh Brown Portsmouth Poetry (UK)
Laurette Hayden Psychotherapist / Corita appreciator
George Wright Resident
Courtney Rizzo Resident of East Hollywood Robert and Marilyn Johnson RESIDENTS OF LOS FELIZ OAKS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS
Jamie Chan School of Visual Arts NYC
Kate Ryan student late 60's samantha Pak Supporter
Dennis Alfieri Supporter
Valerie Solarz supporter
Pierrr Bowins Supporter
Angela Dimler Supporter
Annette Sikand Supporter and Friend
Matk Billy Supporter of Sister Corita’s work and legacy
Jolino Beserra Supporter of the arts
Karly Kennedy Supporter of the Arts and Historical sites.
Surya Govender Surya Govender
Katy Parks Wilson Teacher-Artist, free-lance, formerly LAUSD + Pilgrim School
Leah Thompson Two Tigers Productions
Jillian Schultz Two Tigers Productions/East Hollywood Neighborhood Council
Elizabeth O'Kane UCLA
Jessica Ban UCSD Alumni, Museum Employee
Michael Flanagan University of North Texas
Margot Yale USC Art History
Amanda Joy USU Grad Printmaking
Sondra Graff Vermont College of Fine Arts
Nan cano Vice President Immaculate Heart Community
Catherine Parr Visual Artist Jennette Gonzalez
Michelle Keating
Elizabeth Sheeran
Sara Alvarado
Robyn Williams
Kelly Kilmer
Amber Willat
Lacey Spark
Annamarie Piccioni
Sulai Lopez
Stephanie Jerome
Vashti Harrison
Jane Derryberry
Amos Oaks
Carmen Rios
Cheryl Cochran
Katie Hoffman
Vicki Ho
Marcial Lavina
Alexandria Arciniega
Cindy Lupica
Angel Alvarado
Jennifer Austin
Raul Aguayo
Robin Milgrim
Jane Borden
Wendy Sherman
Alissa Marquez
Charitty Ellis
Samantha Monarch
Evelin Gonzalez Padilla
Tiffany Kath
Yolanda Gonzalez
Angela Whitney
Ron Fleming Laura Carignan
Jean Landry
Anna Simonse
Ava Kaufman
Gemma Lacey
Jacqueline Lee
William Lebeda
Deborrah Jabar
Mary Cullather
Rachel Andersson
Isabelle Munn
Andrea Kraybill
Jocelyn King
Dustin Smith
Katrina Ward
Antoinette Nolan
Mica Scalin
Camryn Frederickson
ViviAnne Thompson
Kathy Bates
Rochelle Kraus
Elijah Martinez
Edwina Ashton
Heather Bjorn
Rachel Sermanni
Camille Chu
Bailey Hummel
Carla Becker
Aaron Hartzler
Sophia Day
Krati Doshi
Jennifer Graves
Catherine Wilson
Paula Trevor
Kendal Dooley Tashana Poblete
Abigail Mackey
Kate MacDonald
Claire Jensen
Zipporah Burman
James Gamboa
Travis Read-Davidson
Deborah Halling
Martin Sztyk david Karwan
Allen Bleyle
Celeste Sterling
Gail Schwartz
Kate Millar
Shane Harris
Rita Chavez
Beatriz Pereira
Rachel Perkins
Anna Brones
Kara Laughhlin
Samantha Small
AM Buckley
Dora Herrera
Hae Jin Song
Elizabeth Hamilton
Eric Somelofske
Ryan Somelofske jodi sweetbaum
Genevieve Grade
Veronica Loreiro
Claire Mesesan
Myka Kielbon
Victoria Vu
Susan Noble
Mia Mahn Bella Ciaramitaro
Kat Carino Laundre Cecile Hernandez
Allison Cadle
Tania Socarras
Morgan Harper Nichols
Sarah Farley dorothée perret
Sumaiya Zaman
Crystal Johnson
Bonnie Quintanilla
Isabella Leon-Chambers
Molly Rysman
Dan Paley
Melissa Chabran
Amelia Atencio
Amy Dichter
Laura Campbell
Chelsea Spengemann
Kate Kahler-Rickman
Swati Kapila
Thomas Chen
Nancy Mozur
Holly Hampton
Jody Barbarulo
Lindsay Fram
Viridiana Ruvalcaba
Leah Dai Brawley
Federica Caputo
Rev. Laura Everett
Adam Pieniazek
Maureen Burns
Katie Fortier
Catherine Romero
Cynthia Campoy Brophy Lorraine Payne Wheeler
Kali Nikitas
Kelsey Finn
Emily Blodgett
Laetitia Chauvin
Joel Hawkins
Lenny Mesina
Carmen Linero Lopez
Sally Kim
Caitlyn Olds
Georgia Novis
Susan Kadota
Trudy Wiesenberger
Kathy Eikmeier
Lynette Haynes
Robin Kalota
Jeremy Grainger
Janice Ramsay
Heather Kent
Paola Pacheco
Anne PLATE
Jillian Adel
Kali Walker
Anthony Flores
Emily Rampley
Caron Westland
Melissa Maschke
Tamara White
Fia Backstrom
JUNETTE TENG
Marta Perovic
Victoria Gibson
Brittany Rutledge
Abby Rambler
Madeline Renn Caroline Read
Elizabeth Schmitz
Alexandra Singer
Maia Tivony
Jason Conny
Lizzy Blasingame
Jennifer Daniels
Ray Cobo
Kayla Mattes
Meagan Sheffield
Meghan Rosatelli
Lisa Johnston
Jonnea Herman
Gabriel Chabran
Roxanne O’Weger
Kathryn Hornyak
Amanda Connor
Desiree Aspiras
Rachel Mitchell
Alisha Mernick
Jeremy Leasure
Lauren Lowery
Elizabeth Boyne
Song Kim
Nicholas Zegel
Mary Mchugh robert stevens
Claire Hallett
Sherlan Abesamis
Natalie Nguyen
Elena Wiesenthal
Emily Chiarizio
Regina Mosimann
Stephanie Han
Karen Thibodeau Patricia Callaway
Nancy White
Ashley Sammy
CHRISTIE FLEMMING
Marina Kappos
Emma Wonsil
Sarah Pollasch
Bailey Meade
Jessica Tsang
Jan Ackermann
Moira Hatch
Suzanne Keogh
Amanda Happé
Holly Capp
Mia Karnatz
Jeanne Ebiri
Julia Stalnaker
Krista Johnson
Darcy Twarog
Marisol Benítez
Mattea Gernentz ricardo casas
Gabrielle Fabian
Ciara Quilty-Harper
Matthew Callinan
Elizabeth Jordan
Meg Musgrove
Raine Clarke juliet deem
Stephanie McKenzie
Gretchen Scott
Courtney Peterson
Katy Foley
Blake Olmstead
Michael Gough Lydia Catterall
Todd St. John
Molly Nussbaum
Sadie Laska
Martin Cendreda
Chiara Mortaroli
Carly Queen
Szymon Klopocki Karina Esperanza Yanez Dougherty- Bran Johnson
Krizia Torres
Katherine Turner
Adam Willis
Thomas Kent
Brent Armendinger
Candace Flemmer
Colleen Bozanich
Courtney Brown
Michelle Sakaris
Mary Roth
Ali Adnan
Joyce Hughes
Angie Reed
Lauren Binanay
Helena Turner
Vicki Munro dirk staudinger
Laura Tiffany
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Hannah Taylor
Cameo Guillemette
Isabel Bradley
Jenee Jernigan
Daisy Rosas Hanna Cartagena
Lily Jeal
Samantha Deboda
Carley Balazs
Amie Hollmann
John Bricker
Sarah Brazill
Wendy Somaru
Francesca Oprandi
Augusto Piccio
Anita Fields
Ellie Boyd
Avery Arman
Catherine Pettinari
Jeanie Ambrosio
Rachel Rosen
Damion Silver
Christian Schwartz
Rachel Mills
Carole Baker
Alana Fitzgerald
Christopher Lee
Rachel Waterman
Jessica Hawkins
Rachel Bank
Elsa Naude
Christina Yu
Lauren Sakasitz
Charissa Morningstar
Shannon Burke
Lindsay Hale
Heidi Baurt
Taylor Dowling
Bianca Cuellar
Amanda Hovest ALLEN HORI
Casey Maher
Rob Carmichael
Asha Schechter
Harry Champion
Barbara Bank
Jonah SCHULZ
John Decemvirale
John Varga
Nancy /campbell
Seth Van Der Eems
Isabel Hebert
Jo Ann Schorn
Alice Berliner
Michaela Vodickova
Laura Francescangeli
Mary Shaw
Andrea Gottardy
Anne Gardner
Rosemary Rae
Deidra Goulding
Daniel Escamilla
Ana Lucia Parham Santana
Kathy Kamatani
Nicki Harper
Linda Wright
Kira Carstensen
Gabriella Ricketts
Tanya Gutierrez
Erica Holter
Ashley Oda
Shawnee Smith
Liv Archer
Pedro Kos
Yazmine Vargas Phoebe Duke-Mosier
Emma Ho
Adrienne Hernandez
Meghan Brosnan
Kristin Bryce
Charmian Hauck
Zofie Basta
Melissa Mendonca
Fran Sterling
Bill Hilferty
Minah Yeo
Alexandra Korba
Juan Delcan
Meredith Muncy
Kiki Allgeier
Jenny Freeland
Alex Jacobs
Jennifer Young
Chris Wilkinson
Imani Lukunku
Amy Wootton
Jacob Meirovich
Ben Spector
Madonna Wade-Reed
Faryl Morse chloe galkin
Sebastian Eldridge
Armand Andonian
Rachel Ryan
Jeremy Cohen
Shayne Watson
Jennifer Sclar alexandra robertson
Jackie Vorhauer
Jenifer Hathaway Katherine Petrin
Paul Isakson
Sarah Newhouse
Katie Jo Benjamin
Douglas Beatty
Joshua Manalang
Jody Stock
Asha Wilborn
Rachel Shipps
Corrie Hendricks
Tori Joynes
Virginia Van Dine
Stephanie Smith
Camden Stuebe
Natalie Lanocha
Fleur Ward
Caitlin Ross
Michelle Morris
Abhirami G
Rhonda Babb
Samara D alene tashjian
Vi Smith
Megan Harris
Emily Ott
Scarlet Cheng
Devin McNulty
Ella Rennekamp
Corinna Carroll
Shani Ginsburg
Janine White
Natalie Marshall
Rob Hopkirk
Marley Schneier
Allison Towle Teresa Canfield
Gabrielle Marshall
Stefanie Cirilli
Lyla Novakowski
Ananga Martin
Kara Baum
Hydie Friend
Rebecca Kiger
Susan Brossman
Ellen McCroskey
Leah Mick
Terence Gurley
Amy Kurtz Lansing
Sarah Tietje-Mietz
Joanna Gardner-Huggett
Olivia Armandroff
Rachel Reichert
Elizabeth Simmons
Amanda Glesmann
Benjamin Colman
Mélanie Daigle
Makenzi Dunstan
Moira Scheuring
Jasmine Summers
Stephen Montagna
Jessica Ritz
Mariah Ribeiro diane rambo
Allison Anders laura fisk jenifer lake
Julia Tedesco
Alex Morales
Jen Long
Bonnie Pfingst Michelle deBaroncelli
Jason Simon
Shelley Trowbridge
Dominique Porter lexa walsh
Pauline Easby
Elizabeth Wang anne hansen
Paul Rogers
Caroline Tingley
Karen Deans
Stephanie Foley
Sandra McKeith
Randi Hetrick
Renée Loiz
Alessandra Molina
Constance Pollock
Miranda Hughes
Carol marut
James Villasenor
Craig Smith
Peter Jacobson
Melina Miyoshi
Sara Boadwee
Ellen Tani
Jamie O’Hare
James Connolly
Ali Mandelbaum
Courtney Pierce reid stewart
Matthew Stavnes
Sophie Slesinger
Jenny Bastrup
Christina Muraczewski
Kelly Jensvold Jonathan Barlow
Lara Kim
Nikki Clinton
Megan Doyle
Dr. Elizabeth Sommers
Jeanne Anderson
Peggy Gaido
Soumya John
Patricia Berberich
Emmabeth Nanol
Serra Akgiray christine hughes
Heather Mars
Celia Nolan
Mark Roeder
Jovelle Schaffer
Bryan Boudreaux
Laura Banning
Pablo Nukaya-Petralia
Brooke Baggenstoss
Susana Pomba
Daniel Clauzier
Celeste Hong
Jenn Kruglinski
Ellen Surrey
M. Susan Barger
Tracy Lee
MARIE HENNECHART
Miriam Nebres
Suzanne Green
Ruth Stewart
Maxwell Wang
Mary Brisson
Dayle Gillick
Lindsay Mulcahy Ron Gothberg
Maria Whalen
Judith Dupre
Erick Martinez
Lara Fischman
Barbara Bass
Jen Kuroki
Rebecca Thompson
Melissa Buchanan
Tim McNeil
Nancy Klobucar
Danielle Williams
Janice Walwood
Stephanie Delamaire
Mario Rosado
Maria Phelps
Kristen Gaylord
Katherine Klagsbrun
Sarah McHale
Jody Stroup
Stephanie Pinto
Jacob Forman
Karli Wurzelbacher
Kay Barancik
Robert Derbin
Stephanie Parrish
Megan Sallabedra
Kevin Laing
Denise DeCarlo
Christina Pickart micah hahn
Sarah Conway
Roberto Seixas
Celeste Brusati
Anna Thomas Joanna Bak
Jonathan Willmot
Kara Carmack
Tamara Sauer
Roberta Perry
Aileen Toshiyuki
Ashley Monroe
GLORIA JUDSON
Kristin Boyd
Mimi Golin
Alice Peach
Halina Siwolop
Michelle Dietrich
Carol Norcross
Miriam Kirch
Elayne Gross linlee allen
Judith Hulme
Alissa Sheldon
Carol Clark
Amy Rahn
Alexander Heald
Darryl Webster
Emily Grace
Joanne Denenberg
Melissa Titus
JOHN HAWKINSON
Taylor Debevec
Catherine Angwin
June Diane Raphael
Kaitlin Sandhaus
Amanda Lee
Saba Lurie
Kristen Jackson
Dorian Howard Madelyn Sullivan
Kathy Metz
Colin Thompson
Kie Veas
Donna Suh
Jasara Hogan
Evan Schoninger shawnta valdes
Sharon Donahue
Riley Permann
JP GIl
James Lee
Arron Foster
Jessica Roberts
Melanie Reiff
Julio Correa
Michael Ellsworth
Tim Belonax
Monique Wilmoth
Tonya Bindas
Analuisa Del Rivero
Lara Torres
Katie Lupton
Brett Cody Rogers
Rosalie Wild
Samantha Meyer
Candice Navi
Nicole Antoine
Linda Brown
Diana Behl
Frank Miller
Abby Abolt
Jane Curtis
Rebecca Cook
Katie Bone Paula Kate Jorgensen
Christian Kasperkovitz
Dinos Horattides
Nina Mettler
Julia Pelta Feldman
Kenny Atkin
Anna Ramirez
Andrea Reeves
Sean P. Morrissey
Aaron Levin
Bryan Hilley
Karrie Schreiber
Denise Bookwalter
Shelby Johnson
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Emmett Potter
Rachel Livedalen
Elizabeth Peterson
Mitzi Winks
Janice Lee
Elodie Blanchard-Moritz
Florencio Zavala
Eline Mul
Andrea Tinnes
Julie Cho
Alissandra Seelaus
Milan Finnie
Alyson Provax
Silvia Perea
Hanna Peterson
Liesel Plambeck
Herlinda Zamora
Nicole Black
Rachel Brown
Susan Liem Kristin Bramblett
In addition to the names above, 103 additional individuals who signed this letter requested their names not be added to the public list.